The fiery guard led the Rebels to an SEC championship and a second-round NCAA tournament upset before falling to La Salle in the round of 32. During the March run, Henderson gained national attention for his taunting, trash-talk and contentious attitude.

I play the game with a lot of passion, and sometimes that passion boils over. I take responsibility for my actions this season and apologize to anyone I offended. However, my edge on the court has made me the player that I am. I can't change that, but I do understand that I can take things too far.

I have come to understand this year that I represent this team and this university, and I have to hold myself to a higher standard than people in the stands, because I am a student-athlete at Ole Miss.

Moments after tweeting the link to his heartfelt promise of change, Henderson went on a prodigious tweeting binge in which he retweeted and responded to some of his most vicious online haters. The messages he retweeted from others included racial slurs, homophobic words and references to his past drug use.